Safety official: Battery in 787 swollen from overheating

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Officials inspect a main battery that was removed off an electrical room beneath the cockpit of an All Nippon Airways 787 at Takamatsu airport in Takamatsu, western Japan, Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013. The battery forced to make the emergency at the airport was swollen from overheating, a safety official said Thursday, as India and Europe joined the U.S. and Japan in grounding the technologically advanced aircraft because of fire risk. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCE